I have a studio full of resources:  books, music, files of images… a computer…

These tools are invaluable.  I prefer books:  looking through books differs from going on-line for information for my creative process.  Books provide the unexpected input of information, as when a book is leafed through, things cross my path that I didn’t consciously seek out.  That can have a very positive impact on the direction of my research and the imagery which results.  A computer is a fantastic resource for research: particularly if I have a specific thing I am searching for.  The information age… it is a wonderful thing!

On top of this bookcase is a stack of ornamental suitcases.  Inside these are sketchbooks, photographs, brochures and travel books to the many wonderful places I have traveled.  My world travel experiences are the most wonderful of resources:  having stepped outside of my backyard has impacted me forever.  And upon my return from a trip, these experiences have endeared me to what is right before my eyes right here, where I live.  Just like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, I need to keep discovering that “There is no place like home!”.